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intestacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | situation, state of affairs |
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The best way to see how an intestacy could affect you is to take a simple example.
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The situation where a person dies without a will in place is called intestacy.
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If you don't make a will, your estate is governed by strict intestacy laws.
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If you do not leave a will, they may inherit under the intestacy rules as your child.
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The rules of intestacy are complicated and vary depending on circumstance.
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For the devolution of property not disposed of by will, see inheritance and intestacy.
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With an intestacy, the law dictates who will inherit your estate and how.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The estate would pass to close relatives in accordance with the statutory intestacy rules.
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If there is no other will, all the children would benefit equally under intestacy rules.
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- The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will
- (intestate) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property"
- Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies owning property greater than the sum of his enforceable debts and funeral expenses without having made a valid will or other binding declaration; alternatively where such a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part ...
- (intestate) Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death; Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will
- (Intestate) means to die without having left a will
- (Intestate) The condition of dying without leaving a valid will.
- (Intestate) Without leaving a will, or leaving an invalid will, so that the property of the estate passes by the laws of succession rather than the direction of the deceased.
- (intestate) To die without making a will or leaving instructions for disposal of your property after death. (See also testate.)
- (INTESTATE) A person who dies without a will, or leaves one which is defective in form, in which case his estate descends by operation of law to his heirs or next of kin.
